Sagehen Creek Field Station

15 Sep, 03 PM - 22 Sep, 03 PM

Local adaptation facilitates the growth and survival of unique plant populations across the ranges of widespread species. Populations growing in under a specific set of environmental and climatic conditions are often better equipped to deal with these conditions than genotypes from other locations within the range of a species. Pinus contorta, one of the most widely distributed tree species in North America, plays a central role in the structure and function of montane forests from Baja California to the Yukon Territory. Its broad distribution includes four geographically and morphologically distinct subspecies (murrayana, latifolia, contorta, and bolanderi), with each inhabiting a discrete portion of the species? range and growing under a unique set of environmental and climatic conditions. To test the fitness of local genotypes to that of foreign genotypes, individuals from each subspecies will be planted in their local environment and as ?foreign? individuals in the respective environments of each other subspecies. Quantification of growth and survival wil give us an idea as to how well each respective subspecies performs in each other subspecies? environments (local adaptation) and the potential for this species to survive under novel, changing climatic conditions

Visit #28213 @Sagehen Creek Field Station

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Under Project # 25082 | Research

Range-wide patterns of local adaptation across the subspecies of Pinus contorta

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Reservation Members(s)

Sarah Bisbing Sep 15 - 22, 2012 (8 days)
Group of 2 Research Assistant (non-student/faculty/postdoc) Sep 15 - 22, 2012 (8 days)
Sarah Bisbing Sep 15 - 22, 2012 (8 days)

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